will go back to a second hour of morning joe weekend. let s get to some of the big stories we have covered over the last week. how involved was donald trump in his own defense? what do you think? very involved. he is a smart guy. he knows what he is doing. he jokingly said to us that he wanted to be the litigator. he wanted to be the one arguing because he is a smart guy and he knows what he is doing. we made every decision together. there were things he was frustrated with. were you satisfied with jury selection? and was the former president involved in that in any way? very much involved. right there with the whole team talking about potential jurors. was i satisfied? we put a motion and because we said we could not get a fair jury in manhattan and i m not being disparaging to the jurors. they were great. they showed up on time every day. they were committed. they paid attention. we are in a situation where we had a very limited number of people we could strike.
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Wonderful formulation. The messiness of the world is a reflection of the messiness of our interior lives. That southern sheriff who behaved so badly, hes wounded. Hes hurt. And so the moral question of who do we take ourselves to with . What kind of Human Being are you . You know, that question you asked, tom cotton, who raised you . Ms. Ella baker when she was losing her memory. She would say, who are your people . Trying to locate you. Trying to ground you. Trying to put you close to the ground. The moral question, regardless of the politics. The moral question of who do we take ourselves to be . What kind of Human Being are you . Joe, you and i disagree about politics. On a number of things. But one of the things i said. I said it on television. Youre a decent dude. Right . And part of what im trying to do is not a post space. What does it mean to foreground the values of decent si, love,
Theres no comparison. Going to the supermarket come december, christmas is everywhere. Hanukkah is one little end at the shampoo aisle. Theres passover in there for some reason. And nonjews are gorgeous, because they are like, youre so lucky. You get eight days of gifts. I have never met a single jew who got eight days of decent gifts. That is a clip from the standup special, alex edelman, just for us, making its Streaming Debut on max. Its great to have you on morning joe again. The power, the influence. I am actually too nervous to ask a question. Im going to pass it on to our good friend, john, who of course is a massive fan. John, first question. Alex, you spent years on this and you did this show for a really long time